Senior Associate– Project Manager -IT Function Transformation- Advisory – Bangalore

Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Operations

Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

A career within Technology Strategy services, will provide you with the opportunity to help organisations develop strategies that transform their technology capabilities and solve their most critical challenges. We focus on building technology enabled and agile operating models, planning their new enterprise architecture into a differentiating capability system that helps them win in the market, leveraging digital analytics to enhance the customer experience and optimising business operations, and using modern management techniques such as robotic process automation and next generation sourcing strategies to help our clients get fit for growth.

*Why PWC

At PwC, you will be part of a vibrant community of solvers that leads with trust and creates distinctive outcomes for our clients and communities. This purpose-led and values-driven work, powered by technology in an environment that drives innovation, will enable you to make a tangible impact in the real world. We reward your contributions, support your wellbeing, and offer inclusive benefits, flexibility programmes and mentorship that will help you thrive in work and life. Together, we grow, learn, care, collaborate, and create a future of infinite experiences for each other. Learn more about us.

At PwC, we believe in providing equal employment opportunities, without any discrimination on the grounds of gender, ethnic background, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, religion or other beliefs, perceived differences and status protected by law. We strive to create an environment where each one of our people can bring their true selves and contribute to their personal growth and the firm’s growth. To enable this, we have zero tolerance for any discrimination and harassment based on the above considerations. "

Responsibilities:
 Responsible for overall project schedule & planning which includes developing and coordinating
realistic project plan, including key milestones, success metrics, and drive project progress
 Ability to lead a team of large pool of Technical Architects and Business/ Technical Consultants.
 Understand and assess scope, critical paths and dependencies for delivering and shipping digital
products and facilitate discussions across all functions & stakeholders
 Anticipate bottlenecks, identify, assess, track and mitigate issues, risks and work with team members
and management to mitigate and escalate as deemed suitable
 Support project estimation process with key contributors to help define scope and prepare
statements of work, including tasks, deliverables, milestones, resources, and estimated costs
 Manage all day-to-day administrative activities of a given project from inception to closure such as
reviewing timesheets, analyse plan versus actual figures, managing monthly/quarterly financial
closing and invoicing.
 Maintain regular communication with both the customer and internal teams, and constantly manage
customer expectations (also in critical situations or throughout escalations)
 Work with third-party subcontractors and technology partners as required
 Manage weekly resource planning and financial forecast updates
 Contribute to operational best practices by formalizing and/or improving processes and standards

Mandatory skill sets 
 Excellent problem-solving skills, with a demonstrated ability to identify issues, solve them quickly and
well, and know when to rely on internal resources to assist.
 Strong conflict resolution skills
 Superb organizational skills to be able to coordinate complicated projects.
 Proven technical ability to understand the impact of technical changes, and to articulate high-level
technical solutions to address business problems.
 Agile/SCRUM and/or PMI Certification and demonstrated rigor in project management best practices.

*Preferred skill sets 
 Experience in Project Management methodologies (PMBOK, PRINCE2) and Scrum methodologies
 Experience working with IT application development projects will be an advantage
 Proven successful project management experience, preferably delivering large enterprise-based
applications and solutions.
 Innovative thinker, high attention to detail, and thoroughness

*Year of experience required 
 Minimum 7-12 years of experience

*Educational Qualification  
 B.E/B.Tech qualification is preferred
 MBA is desirable, but not mandatory
 Work experience in IT & ITeS/Consulting companies preferred

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)

Degrees/Field of Study required: Bachelor of Engineering

Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)

Required Skills

Project Management Office (PMO)

Optional Skills

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

Government Clearance Required?

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